West Thurlow Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Johnstone Strait between Bute and Loughborough Inlets, N of Campbell River (city), Sayward Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°24'19"N, 125°38'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/5 |
| Related Maps: |
92K/5 92K/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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East Thurlow Island adopted 2 September 1948 on S119 (now on C.3522); confirmed 6 April 1950 on 92 NW. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Thurlow Islands [now distinguished as East Thurlow Island and West Thurlow Island] were named in 1792 by Captain Vancouver, after Edward, Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor of England. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |